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School of hard knocks
Hope and hopelessness make a funny yet thoughtful combination, writes Rebecca Barry Hill.
Glee star to release memoir/how-to guide
Lea Michele says her illustrated memoir and lifestyle tome, Brunette Ambition, will be out in May.
Storm in a sorting-hat a familiar saga
Do authors own their characters? And if a writer retrospectively meddles with the fate of a beloved figure, should fans pay attention?
Kiwi performs nude reading
A brave Kiwi is trailblazing a new literary trend - women reading books in the nude.
Anti-nuclear 'little people'
At the start of 1985, Maire Leadbeater took her two children for a January break on Kawau Island.
Armistead Maupin: Willing to be honest
Armistead Maupin’s Tales of the City have delighted readers for four decades and brought gay life into the mainstream. Now the ninth book brings the series to an end. Hermione Hoby reports.
Sleep Store - wide awake to a business opportunity
For a parent there is only one thing more precious than their child: seeing that child fast asleep.
Travel books: Around the world from cover to cover
While the summer holiday season is still going strong, there's nothing better than whiling away the hours with a good travel book. Linda Herrick reviews a selection of the latest.
Rift over racy kids' book
The head of the Film and Literature Board of Review has broken ranks with his board to express strong reservations about an award-winning children's book.
Catton a prize draw
Man Booker prizewinning author Eleanor Catton has catapulted a little-known South Auckland tertiary writing course to international attention.
Escape to the world of words
New Zealand's top publishers offer their picks for this year's best summer reading.
Multitudes tackle mighty read
New data reveals how many holidaymakers headed off for a summer break lugging an extra 1.1kg of reading.
Confessions of ... Librarians
When the two library assistants reflect on the past year they both note an increase in the lending of erotic paperbacks.
Stories of rugby greats lost in WWI
They were the men who played for their country before dying for it.
Kids switch off writing greats
For generations, they were the books that defined childhood .But Asterix cartoons and the works of Roald Dahl and even J.K. Rowling appear to have fallen out of favour with younger readers.